diff --git a/admin/localplugins.php b/admin/localplugins.php
index 988e96b593d08..8e60d4d3a9f0e 100644
--- a/admin/localplugins.php
+++ b/admin/localplugins.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     }
     $plugins[$plugin] = $strpluginname;
 }
-sort($plugins, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);
+asort($plugins, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);
 
 foreach ($plugins as $plugin => $name) {
     $delete = new moodle_url($PAGE->url, array('delete' => $plugin, 'sesskey' => sesskey()));